diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 6d6ce2c3a364..a5bb8fad5475 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -790,6 +790,15 @@ static void mm_init_aio(struct mm_struct *mm)
 #endif
 }
 
+static __always_inline void mm_clear_owner(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					   struct task_struct *p)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+	if (mm->owner == p)
+		WRITE_ONCE(mm->owner, NULL);
+#endif
+}
+
 static void mm_init_owner(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
@@ -1211,6 +1220,7 @@ static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
 free_pt:
 	/* don't put binfmt in mmput, we haven't got module yet */
 	mm->binfmt = NULL;
+	mm_init_owner(mm, NULL);
 	mmput(mm);
 
 fail_nomem:
@@ -1528,6 +1538,21 @@ static inline void rcu_copy_process(struct task_struct *p)
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
 }
 
+static void __delayed_free_task(struct rcu_head *rhp)
+{
+	struct task_struct *tsk = container_of(rhp, struct task_struct, rcu);
+
+	free_task(tsk);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void delayed_free_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMCG))
+		call_rcu(&tsk->rcu, __delayed_free_task);
+	else
+		free_task(tsk);
+}
+
 /*
  * This creates a new process as a copy of the old one,
  * but does not actually start it yet.
@@ -1960,8 +1985,10 @@ bad_fork_cleanup_io:
 bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces:
 	exit_task_namespaces(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_mm:
-	if (p->mm)
+	if (p->mm) {
+		mm_clear_owner(p->mm, p);
 		mmput(p->mm);
+	}
 bad_fork_cleanup_signal:
 	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD))
 		free_signal_struct(p->signal);
@@ -1992,7 +2019,7 @@ bad_fork_cleanup_count:
 bad_fork_free:
 	p->state = TASK_DEAD;
 	put_task_stack(p);
-	free_task(p);
+	delayed_free_task(p);
 fork_out:
 	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 }